What is important to a specific part of the process at a given time.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
relevant (adjective)1.
a) having significant and bearing on the matter at hand - demonstrable
b) evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion - affording relevant testimony
c) having social - relevance
2.
- proportional relative
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
relevant (adjective)having to do with the matter at hand
SYNONYMS:
applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, material, pointed, relative, relevantRELATED WORDS:
appropriate, apt, fit, fitting, suitable; important, meaningful, significant; sensible, useful; admissible, allowableNEAR ANTONYMS:
frivolous, inconsequential, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant; meaningless, purposeless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable; inadmissibleRelevant (Wikipedia)
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Relevant is something directly related, connected or pertinent to a topic; it may also mean something that is current.
Relevant may also refer to:
- Relevant operator, a concept in physics, see renormalization group
- Relevant, Ain, a commune of the Ain département in France
- Relevant Magazine, a bimonthly Christian magazine
Relevant (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛləvənt/
Adjective
relevant (comparative more relevant, superlative
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